SUMMARY When pairing a device - in my case a headset Jabra Evolve2 65 - the bluetooth tray icon shows it as connected and I can disconnect it in context menu. When later I want to reconnect the device, then it technically works, but the icon still shows "unconnected" and in context menu - while the battery level of the connected device is shown - it is still listed as unconnected and shows me a "connect" button. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Pair a bluetooth device 2. Switch device off and on again 3. wait for it to connect itself OBSERVED RESULT Device is connected and can be used. The icon still shows no connected devices. When clicking the icon, the device list shows the battery level of the device. The list shows no "disconnect" button for this device, but "connect". EXPECTED RESULT The icon should show one device as connected SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.12 Kernel Version: 6.6.25-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11850H @ 2.50GHz Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Latitude 5521
bluetoothctl also shows it not connected, but shows battery level, just like Plasma does. So maybe this is an underlying problem not connected to Plasma? bluetoothctl info "70:BF:92:D7:FB:63" Device 70:BF:92:D7:FB:63 (public) Name: Jabra Evolve2 65 Alias: Jabra Evolve2 65 Class: 0x00240404 (2360324) Icon: audio-headset Paired: yes Bonded: yes Trusted: yes Blocked: no Connected: no LegacyPairing: no UUID: Serial Port (00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: Headset (00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: Audio Sink (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: Advanced Audio Distribu.. (0000110d-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: A/V Remote Control (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: Handsfree (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) UUID: PnP Information (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) Modalias: bluetooth:v0067p24A3d0207 Battery Percentage: 0x64 (100)
Sounds like an upstream issue indeed. See https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/804